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[chepy24]

Hey guys sad day.... got a nail in my tire got it patched by discount tire and he told me it has a bubble on the right rear tire. He told me to replace the tire but I was under the impression that you need to change all tires on awd vehicles. if I replace just the one tire any downside?

read it could mess with the xdrive or whatever that sends and cuts the power to wheel (im a noob haha) tires are fairly new less than 4k on them if I had to guess. or should I just replace both rears? any input would help...

on a side note current tires are 255/30/19 if I end up replacing would there be a noticeable difference if I switch to 255/35/19? thanks again

[e90Mark]

Rolling diameter for xdrive needs to be under 1%.
For example, 225/40/18 and 255/35/18 provide a .2xx% variance or whatever. (Stock)

If you switch the bubbled tire to the same size, you'd be fine, if you didn't mind mismatched tires.

[Chris_Rav]

I can't answer your question but was the tire that you had patched a RFT? I currently have the stock RFT's and i know i have a small nail in one of them, it's not leaking currently and has been in there for a couple weeks but I wasn't sure if it was possible to patch RFT's? Any help would be awesome.

[chepy24]

Originally Posted by Chris_Rav

I can't answer your question but was the tire that you had patched a RFT? I currently have the stock RFT's and i know i have a small nail in one of them, it's not leaking currently and has been in there for a couple weeks but I wasn't sure if it was possible to patch RFT's? Any help would be awesome.

no man mine are not run flats sorry.. i would take it too a shop and see what they advise or post a question up on here.. youll get a fast response

[VMRWheels]

Originally Posted by chepy24

Hey guys sad day.... got a nail in my tire got it patched by discount tire and he told me it has a bubble on the right rear tire. He told me to replace the tire but I was under the impression that you need to change all tires on awd vehicles. if I replace just the one tire any downside?

read it could mess with the xdrive or whatever that sends and cuts the power to wheel (im a noob haha) tires are fairly new less than 4k on them if I had to guess. or should I just replace both rears? any input would help...

on a side note current tires are 255/30/19 if I end up replacing would there be a noticeable difference if I switch to 255/35/19? thanks again

If you have OEM sizes, stick with OEM sizes. Do not put a 255/35/19 on the car, as it is too tall.

What I would recommend is replacing that tire with a new one in the same size, but have it shaved down to the tread depth of the other side to match. Tirerack offers this service.

[Jase 320d]

Originally Posted by Chris_Rav

I can't answer your question but was the tire that you had patched a RFT? I currently have the stock RFT's and i know i have a small nail in one of them, it's not leaking currently and has been in there for a couple weeks but I wasn't sure if it was possible to patch RFT's? Any help would be awesome.

It depends if you can get someone to patch it

My local place wont repair runflats as they cannot tell how long its been driven on flat so do not want to be liable

(Uk)

[chepy24]

Originally Posted by VMRWheels

If you have OEM sizes, stick with OEM sizes. Do not put a 255/35/19 on the car, as it is too tall.

What I would recommend is replacing that tire with a new one in the same size, but have it shaved down to the tread depth of the other side to match. Tirerack offers this service.

thanks! i thought about this but it seems so counter intuitive that it scares me away from it haha but i guess i should be more worried about a blowout.....

Originally Posted by Chris_Rav

I can't answer your question but was the tire that you had patched a RFT? I currently have the stock RFT's and i know i have a small nail in one of them, it's not leaking currently and has been in there for a couple weeks but I wasn't sure if it was possible to patch RFT's? Any help would be awesome.

Plug it yourself. It will be just fine.

[VMRWheels]

Originally Posted by chepy24

thanks! i thought about this but it seems so counter intuitive that it scares me away from it haha but i guess i should be more worried about a blowout.....

In the grand scheme of things, a couple hundred dollars to:

A) Save you from potential expensive drivetrain repairs

and

B) Save you from a potentially dangerous blowout

Should be well worth it. Money is definitely tighter around the holidays, but you owe it to yourself, your family, and everyone around you to replace that tire as soon as you can. Now, if the other tire is getting low on its tread, you may as well just replace all of them for something else. I would only suggest shaving the tire down if the old one is not near the wear bars.

More info on tire shaving:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...jsp?techid=18&